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From: "Layberger, Fredie" <[e-mail]>
To: 'lightwave' <[e-mail]>,
        owner-lightwave <ncrhub4!ncrgw1!webcom.com![e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Transp Edge w/Sequence
Date: Mon, 22 May 95 09:23:00 edt
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>
>I have yet to receive a workable response to a question I had on the
>newsgroup so I'll give it a whirl here. What I want to do is make four
>irregular polys and map a sequence on each one on the same screen. No
>problem so far. The effect I am looking for is feathered edges on each of
>the polys so that the image fades in from black at the edges to a clear
>image on the majority of the poly. Sort of like a Photoshop blending. I
have
>tried using a transparency grid texture with varying grid sizes and
falloffs
>but everything seems to blend from the center out and negative values are
>not the answer for that. Even if I move the center point it only will work
>for one side and I need a uniform blend from all sides. There must be a
>simple solution for this, isn't there...

There may be a much better way, but the way I get soft edges is to use a
grayscale
image map for transparency. To create them, I use Outline feature of
Imagemaster, but
any package that will do a blend/gradient fill could be used. Make a white
center area,
and then fill the edges with a white to black gradient.


>
>thx
>jmb
>"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather
>straps"
>[e-mail]
>
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